The Supreme Court on Monday tagged and issued notice on a plea seeking to strike down Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which immunes husband of criminal charges for non-consent sex with wife in a marital relationship.
It's for the first time in the history of the state police that an officer has been dismissed from the service under section 86 of the Kerala Police Act, which allows the dismissal of those indulging in serious criminal offences.
Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to Dimple Lamba, who is a woman accused and also a Rajasthan native in the model rape case which happened on November 17 last year. Single Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas has granted the bail.
A Bihar court on Sunday ordered the Patna police to register a rape case against senior IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former RJD MLA Gulab Yadav in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at a Delhi hotel in 2021.
Officials said that the victim, in a complaint to the police, accused the ASI of having a physical relationship with her on the pretext of false promises.
"People of Korba will ask, Bhupesh ji, what have you done? It is not that Bhupesh government did nothing, he did corruption in the state, increased rape, increased crime," Shah said.
The accused doctor has been identified as Dr Mayanak Shrivastava (BHMS) and he runs a clinic in the city. According to the police, the rape accused Faisal Abbas has already been arrested and an FIR was registered in the matter on December 13, 2022 at Ajak police station in the city.
Acting on a tip-off, police swung into action and arrested the accused within 24 hours after Senior Superintendent of Police Shailesh Pandey ordered his arrest.